Changeable sign.



Patented Apr. l, I902.

T. P. HEINEMANN. CHANGEABLE SIGN. (Applxcatlon filed July 23 1900 (No Model.)

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THEODORE P. HEINEMANN, OF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I'IALF TO FRANCIS T. ROOTS, OF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA.

CHANGEABLE SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,436, dated April 1, 1902.

Application filed July 23,1900.

T (bll whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE P. IIEINE MANN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Connersville, in the county of Fayette and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Changeable Signs, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in changeable signs. Its object is a sign which will present a succession of four or more different signs to the eye and which is simple and inexpensive in construction.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similar reference-letters wherever they occur throughout the various views, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a sign embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal central transverse sectional view of the same,taken upon line 00 00, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detail view,in front elevation, of one and a side elevation of the other of the two plates which together form one of the rotating sections of the sign. Fig. 4: is a view similar to but taken at a right angle to the View in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail side View of one of the pivot-bearing plates. Fig. 6 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig. 7 is a detail View of a modified form of plate from which to form one of the sign-sections, showing the mode of forming the letters thereon.

Referring to the parts, frame A consists of top and bottom boards a and a, joined by side pieces a and a In the top and bottom boards are journaled sign-sections B, which consist of four plates 1) Z9" 12 b radiating from a central point and spaced. at ninety degrees apart. These-sections are so arranged that when they are in the position shown in Fig. 2 the edges of the adjacent sections almost touch and a fiat surface is presented to the eye. Upon the front face of plate I) is placed a part of a letter, the other part being placed on the front face of 19 so that, as shown in Fig. 2, they present a complete letter to the eye. Upon the rear face of plates 1) and b are placed similar portions which together constitute one letter. Letters are formed in a similar manner upon the front and rear faces of plates b and b Figs. 3 and 4: illustrate the preferred form of making the plates. Plates 7) and b are formed of a single piece, with a central slot $eria1 No. 24,464. (No model-l extending from the bottom edge half-way up the plate. Plates 1) and b are formed similarly, but with the slot extending from the top edge down. The letters having been placed upon the plates, as indicated in drawings, they are fitted into one another. Plates 0 have four downwardly-projecting studs cto fit upon the top and lower edges of the plates thus fitted together and outwardly-projectin g pivots c to be journaled in the top and bottom boards of the frame. The pivots upon the lower edge of sections B are shown in Fig. 1 extending through the frame and terminating in pulleys c to receive belts to rotate the sections to present the various signs to the eye.

In Fig. 7 is shown a plate 13, flattened out, from which one of the rotating sections may be formed. At the dotted lines upon each side of which are formed parts of different letters the plate is to be bent at right angles. At the other dotted lines the plate is to be doubled upon itself, so that the parts of the plate B upon which are placed portions of the same letter are brought in the same plane. The plate having been so bent is held in po sition by the pivot bearing plates 0 and mounted in the frame, as aforedesoribed.

WVhat I claim is- 1. In a sign the combination of a frame, sign-sections consisting of plates radiating from a central point journaled side by side therein so that when the fiat surface of one set of plates is presented to the eye, the edges of the others are presented, plates upon the upper and lower edges of the radiating plates of each section having studs to fit in between the plates and having a projecting pivot to journal the section in the frame, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a sign the combination of a frame, sign-sections journaled therein each consisting of two sign-bearing plates one having a slot cut into its lower edge upward and the other having a slot out into its upper edge downward to fit them together, plates having studs to fit in between said sign-bearing plates when they are fitted together and having projecting pivots upon which the sections are journaled in the frame, substantially as shownand described.

. THEODORE P. HEINEMANN.

Witnesses:

Jos. I. LITTLE, RUBY M. HAMILTON. 

